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` SELF HEATING SAD IRON. y No. 396,998. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.v

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GUSTAVOS HEIDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL SELF HEATING SAI) IRON COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,998,vdated January 29, 1889.

.Application filed October 4, 1887. Serial No. 2511465l (N mOdBL) T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVOS IIEIDEL, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Self-Heating Sad-Irons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure I is a side elevation of my improved iron. Fig. II is a vertical longitudinal section through the iron, taken on line II II, Fig. I III. Fig. III is a transverse section taken on line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IV is a horizontal longitudinal section taken on line IV IV,

Fig. II.

My present invention relates to certain i1nprovements in self-heating sad-irons; and my invention consists in features of novelty here- 2o inafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, I represents the bottom plate ot' the iron, which has sides 2, that come to a point at 3, as shown in Fig. IV, at the front of the iron, and which unite with a back, 4, at the rear of the iron. At the upper edge of the walls 2 and I is preferably an outturned iiange, 5. Located over this part of the iron is a top plate, 6, which has upwardly, outwardly, and downwardly turned flanges 7. Thev plate 6 is located slightly above the top of the sides and back of the lower plate, l, as shown, leaving a space, 9, for the admission of air to the burner and for the escape ot heat and gases.

Located beneath the top plate, G, and preferably about in line with the top of the sides of the lower plate, l, is an intermediate plate, l0, beneath which the burner, herein after described, is located. The object of this plate is to deflect the heat from the top plate, (5, and prevent the latter from becoming hot. This plate IO is preferably provided with downwardlyextending ends Il, which deflect the heat from the ends ot the handle of the iron, as hereinafter mentioned. As the heat escapes from beneath the plate IO, it passes out through the spaces 9, and the curved portions 7 of the plate 6 serve to keep the heat from passing upward and striking the hand of the person using the iron, as they tend to dei-lect or throw the currents of heat downward and outward or laterally from the iron. The plate G rests on the sides 2 and vend I of the plate l, as show n at l2, Fig. I, it having downturned portions 13 for this purpose.

I5 represents the handle of the iron, which is made hollow to receive gasoline or other combustible matter. It has end arms, IG, which extend downward through the top plate, 6, and are connected by screws I7, or other suitable means, to the front 3 and back 4 of the iron. The parts Il of the plate l0 serve to deflect the heat from the lower ends of these arms and prevent them trom becoming hot and conveying heat to the handle I5.

18 represents a supply-pipe leading from the handle l5 to a casting, I0, which is provided with a port, 20, for the passage 'of the combustible. On the lower end of the casting 19 is a burner, 2l,which extends beneath the plate l0, as stated. l

22 represents a valve in the port 2O for regulating the flow of the combustible to the burner, and this valve extends above the upper end of the casting I9, and is provided with a lever, 23, for operating it. The lever is located directly beneath the handle 15, so that it may readily be moved to regulate the burner.

The pipe 18 is provided with a chamber, 24, which becomes hot from the heat conducted through the pipe I8 from the burner and assists in vaporizing the liquid.

26 represents a valve in the front end of the handle 15, and which closes a filling opening or mouth, 27, on the handle. The valve is provided with a port oropening, 28, through which air passes to the hollow handle to replace the vacuum caused bythe outflow of the liquid.

30 represents screws or bolts passing through the top plate, 6, into the intermediate plate, l0, for holding the latter in place.

It will be observed thatvthe supply-pipe 18 is directly beneath the handle I5 and does not extend beyond the ends of the iron, so that the iron may be turned up on its rear end, with. the flange 5 and the rear end of the handle resting on the 'suppei'f when the iron is not in use.

I claim as my invent-ionA l. In a Self-heating Sad-iron, the eombina lion of Jthe impel-lforaie bottom l 2 fl, forming a combuStien-chamber, top plaie aiianged over the bottom, with an air-Space between them, inielmediate plate, l0, having;l down turned ends ll, said plate bein diseoiineeted from the boi'tom of the liron and being'loculted between The bottom and rop plate, with a space between it and the walls of the bottom to provide if o1l a eilrenlaiwion, said iniermediz'iiie plaine deleetiingheat from the Top plaie, the iI downtnrned ends of said plate beingadapted l to deflect heat from the lowei` ends of the handle, a reservoir, and a pipe leading from the reservoir 11o the nndei' side ot' Said intel:- mediat'e plate, Substantially as Shown and described.

2. In a seliiheaiiing sad-iron, the combination of The bottom plate having' sides 2 and baek 4, top plaie having the upwardly, oniwaidly, and downwardly extending flanges 7, intermediate plate havin the end flanges, 1], handle having` arms 1U, bywhieh it is secured to the sides and haelt, supply-pim, and bmneiprovided with a i'egnlaiiiiig-valve, all Substantially as and Vfor the purpose Set forth.

GUSTAVOS llElDEL.

In presimee oli'- GEO. H. limsi-1T, Jes. WAHLE. 

